Please ID- Its taking over my tank!

[TracyZeuner]

Is this stuff good or bad? If its bad what can I do to get rid of it? If its good how can I keep it in check?

 

[wilvivas]

what are we looking at the green macro or that white stuff?

 

[piercho]

The last picture is Ventricaria ventricosa , a common "bubble" algae. In general, its considered "bad", especially in tanks which have finely-branched stony coral because it gets in the base of the branches and causes base recession in the coral. Ventricaria has some protection from grazing because the surface of the alga is tough and smooth, making it difficult for many grazers to get ahold of it.

I can't help with the preceding 3 pictures.

 

[TracyZeuner]

Both. I need ID's onthe green stuff and the stuff growing in and around it. The green stuff is kinda stiff and is all over my tank. It came in on some live rock I got to start the tank. At first I thought it was kinda cool, but it is all over the tank now.

 

[clayspst]

it looks like spider webs

 

[Samala]

The whitish macroalgae looks like Dictyota.

Please advise what will consume this Algae

Help! Algae ID and what eats it?

What kind of algae is this?

The green spikey algae is interesting. Not sure if thats truly a pest species or not. The herbivores that control Dictyota may work for it as well.

>Sarah

 

[TracyZeuner]

Thank for the links. The Naso might work well for me as I only have 4 fish in my 180.I have the emeralds and they dont touch the stuff. I wish I knew what the green stuff was. It grows in kinda clumps. When it gets big enough, It can be pulled off. Only problem is that it is growing everywhere in the tank now.